Sake bottle with landscape decoration
Label Text
Freer acquired this Satsuma ware sake flask in 1905. Its delicate landscape design, attributed to Kano Tangen, a member of the Kano professional school of painters, reminded him of the very first Asian ceramic to enter his collection (F1892.26), and he considered it to be "by the same workman." Although Freer avoided the commercial versions of decorated Satsuma ware, made for sale at international expositions, he probably appreciated the parallels between this jar's refined decoration and the Japanese and American paintings he collected.
Object Name
Bottle (tokkuri)
Ware
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
Dated
18th century
Period
Edo period
Medium
Stoneware with cobalt pigment under clear colorless glaze
Dimensions
HxWxD: 23.2 x 18.7 x 13.5 cm
Locale
Hiyamizu kiln
City
Kagoshima
Country
Japan
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Iteration
2
Shelf Number
175
Wall
West
Artist
Decoration attributed to Kano Tangen
Title
Sake bottle with landscape decoration
Object Number
F1905.41
Freer Source
American Art Association
Freer Source City
New York
Freer Source State
New York
Freer Source Country
United States
Image
http://141.217.97.109/plugins/Dropbox/files/peacock-jpg/JPEG/F1905.41.jpg
Collection
Citation
Decoration attributed to Kano Tangen, "Sake bottle with landscape decoration," in The Peacock Room, Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Accession No. F1905.41, Item #3333, https://peacockroom.wayne.edu/items/show/3333 (accessed December 22, 2024).
